At least two dozen shops were gutted when a fire broke out in a vegetable market in Firozabad, police said on Thursday. The blaze broke out at about 1:25 am and immediately fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the execution of an award passed by a US court asking Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of ISRO, to pay compensation of USD 1.2 billion to Devas Multimedia, a Bengaluru-based startup, for cancelling a 2005 satellite deal.
A plea seeking disqualification of jailed Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Mukhtar Ansari has been filed by a Varanasi resident before the Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. The petitioner, Sudhir Singh, has sought Ansari's disqualification on the grounds of his being absent from the House proceedings without its permission since its constitution in 2017. He has cited the provisions of Article 190 (4) of the Constitution.
The national capital and its suburbs were covered with a layer of thick haze Thursday morning, with raging farm fires and a fall in the wind speed and temperatures pushing air quality to the worst levels in around a year. As the skies hung heavy and acrid over the region, people complained of itchy throat and watery eyes. Experts said unfavourable meteorological conditions -- calm winds and low temperatures -- and smoke from farm fires in neighbouring states led to a dense layer of haze on Wednesday night as the air quality index entered the "severe" zone.
India recorded as many as 50,209 coronavirus cases in a span of 24 hours, taking the country's COVID-19 tally above 83 lakh, while the total recoveries surged to 77 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry's data updated on Thursday.
The Border Security Force (BSF) in Jammu and Kashmir has unearthed a tunnel-like structure in the Union Territory. According to the details, the tunnel has been unearthed near International Border in RS Pura sector of Jammu.
The Jammu and Kashmir poll panel has announced an eight-phase election to 20 District Development Councils (DDCs) in the Union Territory beginning November 28, in the first major electoral exercise since the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
